You’re Invited
Human Flourishing is built on one question:
what allows people, and the societies they build together, to flourish?
The question is ancient. Our way of pursuing it is specific — honest inquiry, evidence before assumption, and a framework of seven pillars holding what humanity has learned about living well. At the center is the Pledge: a commitment to that inquiry and to one another, on its way to one million signatures.
An inquiry that large has a precondition: people who can actually talk to each other. So the work begins with conversation — the kind where you stay in the room long enough to understand someone who answers the question differently, and come away with something you didn’t walk in with.
October 16, 2026 is the night this work launches to the world. You’ll hear from people who’ve spent years on the question, and then the room turns and the question becomes yours.
The question of the evening sits beneath nearly every exchange that goes wrong and every one that goes right.
It is the choice between fear and love.
The shape of the evening
5:30 pm
Doors open. Check in, find a seat, meet someone you didn’t arrive with. The Pledge table is open all evening.
6:00 pm
Welcome & The Forum. An introduction to Human Flourishing, followed by a moderated conversation with people who have experience with the question of what fear does to us and what love makes possible.
7:00 pm
Circles. The question becomes yours. This is the format the movement runs on, and the part of the night to remember.
8:30 pm
Together again. Together again. What the Circles found, shared with the group, and concluding remarks
Who you’ll be sitting with
MAPP; doctoral studies, Columbia University; The Psychological Millionaire; HF Board Member
What you’ll leave with
A meaningful conversation, new connections, and a renewed optimism on the future of human flourishing.
And the Circle format itself, which is built to be run in living rooms around the world. Take what you’ve learned and share it with others.
Your seat
General admission is $50 and covers the room, the recording, and food and drink.
Advocate members and above: cost is $5. Check your email for your discount code.
70 seats. Circles only work at a size the room can accommodate.
*ticket purchase price for this event can be applied toward membership.
Registration
While we’d love everyone to be in the room, we understand that sometimes travel isn’t possible. So we’re offering two ways to attend.
- In person, at the Sheraton Mesa Hotel at Wrigleyville West in Mesa, AZ. Be in the room. Engage and build community as this exciting work unfolds.
- Virtually, from anywhere. The forum will be streamed live. You’ll receive the first Circle guide that night as well.
Advocate members and above: cost is $5. Join here and receive a discount code in your inbox at checkout.
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Getting there
Sheraton Mesa Hotel at Wrigleyville West
860 North Riverview Drive
Mesa, AZ 85201
Roughly fifteen minutes from Phoenix Sky Harbor.
The evening is photographed and recorded.
Human Flourishing is a non-partisan movement pursuing an old question with new seriousness: what allows people, and the societies they build together, to flourish? The Pledge is the commitment a person chooses to make to that question. The seven pillars are the framework for pursuing it. The aim is a world where people flourish together across every difference that could keep them apart — where division no longer decides what’s possible.
